Autoimmune hepatitis

Chronic autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a rare progressive inflammatory disorder of unknown cause primarily affecting women and associated with circulating autoantibodies, elevated transaminase levels, and increased levels of immunoglobulin.

Splenomegaly

Abnormal increased size of the spleen.


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Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Challenging Diagnosis in a Patient with Autoimmune Hepatitis.
Casault C, Posadas-Calleja JG.
Case Rep Crit Care. 2019;2019:3580796.
A 34-year-old Pakistani male with a prior history of biopsy-proven autoimmune hepatitis presented to a regional hospital with severe fever, cytopenias, hyperferritinemia, hypertriglyceridemia, splenomegaly, and a bone marrow biopsy showing hemophagocytosis.
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 FEMALE Infant, Newborn
Successful pregnancy with autoimmune cirrhosis.
Braga A, Braga J.
BMJ Case Rep. 2016;2016:.
We report a case of a 27-year-old woman with autoimmune hepatitis and liver cirrhosis complicated by splenomegaly, oesophageal varices and severe thrombocytopaenia.